Masons provide link in nation’s history

Wednesday

Jul 11, 2007 at 11:09 AMJul 11, 2007 at 11:51 AM

As we move past another July 4, one can realize what was left out of our history books.

"One nation under God" is the legacy of our Masonic forefathers. The Boston Tea Party was done by the members of St. John’s Lodge in Boston. Benjamin Franklin was our catalyst for revolution. George Washington’s staff was made up entirely of Masons. Fifty of the 56 signers of the Constitution, including the Carroll family from Maryland were Masons. Louisiana was purchased by a Masonic president, Thomas Jefferson; negotiated by Masons Robert Livingston and Franklin; governed first by a Mason, W.C.C. Claiborne; defended by a Mason later president, Andrew Jackson; supplied by a Mason, Jean Lafitte; and prayed over by a Mason, the Rev. Antonio Sedalla, rector of St. Louis Cathedral.

What is our common thread to one nation under God?

It is Masonry, a fraternity whose Jewish, Christian and Islamic members share the same loving God.

Charles BlaizeLafourche Crossing

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